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When it comes to speed breakthrough, USB doesn't come to mind. Buffalo finds out most of the USB speed is lost to the relatively inefficient USB Mass Storage driver. So they came up with its own and paired it with their newly tweaked USB SATA controller. The result is Turbo USB. Digital Trends gave it a review, but wasn't really impressed, concluding that the Turbo USB isn't any different than before. They also believe the driver should be part of the drive to begin with, rather than requiring a separate installation. Their tests were relatively superficial. Actually the read test that involved a read test of 356MB data yielded a 25% increase. As for the write tests, I've personally seen better results. In the end, it comes down to what USB host controller you are using. Since the host is the brain of all bus, the more efficient it is, the faster the devices are. Buffalo DriveStation TurboUSB (500GB)
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Filed under Hardware
USB Hard Drive Reviews
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- Apricorn Aegis Bio 120GB Portable Drive (2007)
- Toshiba 200GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive (2007)
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- Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB eSATA/USB/FireWire (2007)
- LaCie 80GB Biometric USB HDD (2006)
- LaCie Carte Orange 8GB Micro Drive (2006)
- Imation USB 2.0 Micro Hard Drive 4GB (2005)
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